Sunset in Zadar

“Zadar has the most beautiful sunset in the world, more beautiful than the one in Key West, Florida”

These words were uttered by Alfred Hitchcock in 1964.

Does Zadar have the most beautiful sunsets in the world? I’ll let you decide!
With music in the background from Zadar’s Sea Organ and the uninterrupted views over the Adriatic Sea, it is definitely a sunset that is hard to beat.

Zadar’s waterfront promenade

The wide promenade on the ocean side of the town, provides a perfect viewing spot to see the sun set. Beneath the steps at the end of the Riva, is the famous art installation by Nikola Bašić called the Sea Organ. You can’t actually see it but underneath the steps are a series of musically tuned pipes and blow holes that create music when air is forced through these by the waves.

The Sea Organ: Under the steps are pipes and blow holes

There’s a little bar in the park opposite that is the perfect spot to watch the world go by before the day is finished!

Cheers

Slowly the sun sinks…

And on another day…a completely different sunset!

As daylight diminishes, the lights from Zadar’s other art installation from Nikola Bašić, the Greeting to the Sun, start to brighten. This installation is like a giant disco floor. The energy stored by the cells in the glass floor during the day now produces a changing wave of colours.

Maybe Alfred Hitchcock was right when he said that “Zadar has the most beautiful sunsets in the world”

They are certainly very beautiful. My favourite is the picture with the ship. I’d have to travel the entire world to decide if they were the best sunsets though! The best I remember was in Borneo – there was a spit of land where everyone gathered much as it is above.

Great photos, Jenny. Croatia is high on my wish list. This year I’ll be getting closer when I visit Slovenia but unfortunately Croatia will have to wait until another trip for me. You’ve tempted me now to add Zadar to the list of Croatian cities and town I must visit – along with Dubrovnik, Split, Korcula …..

Hello Jenny. I didn’t participate in the A-Z this year, but I visited many bloggers who did. I saw your name on Deniz Bevan’s blog and as I am a travel junkie I decided to visit. I adore your photos and have pinned some of them. Thank you! I try to travel overseas every year and have thousands of gorgeous photos. There’s the problem of having enough time to categorise them…

Hi Denise. Thank you for your lovely comment. I can definitely relate to you problem with the lack of time to categorise photos. I have the same problem! A to Z was fun but it’s taken me a while to get back to blogging since then!

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